ISSUES: Gay Rights Showdown in Miami

Campaign fever hit Miami and surrounding Dade County
last week and press and television reporters moved in to record
the frenzy. A key mayoralty election? No. The latest and perhaps final
chapter in the struggle over whether to retain Dade County's bitterly
debated ordinance outlawing discrimination against homosexuals in
housing, employment and public accommodations. This week the county
will hold a referendum to decide whether or not to rescind the law.
Already the issue has grown into a symbol of the countrywide battle for
homosexual rightspitting the zeal of Singer Anita Bryant, the...